UNLEASH YOUR INNER CHAMPION
Mastering Focus for Performance

Transform your approach to the game with this online masterclass in Focus.

  • Become aware of how misdirected focus looks and feels so you can better identify distractions
  • Create and practice verbal, visual and physical cues to redirect your attention on what's important
  • Improve your mindfulness and stay in the present moment during training and competition
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"You have to be able to center yourself, to let all of your emotions go. Don't ever forget that you play with your soul as well as your body."

- Kareem Abdul-Jabar

Master Your Focus

COURSE OVERVIEW

See what lies ahead for each module of the course.

Curriculum

Getting Started

Kick off your journey before your first Live Team Huddle.

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Student Waiver & Survey

Let's cross our t's and dot our i's.

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Course Overview

Look over the course timeline and learn about how to navigate the course.

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Lesson: Mental Performance Fundamentals

Start with a solid foundation for understanding mental performance.

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Locker Room Chat: Introductions

Introduce yourself to your IMG+ Coach and course teammates in the course community's virtual locker room.

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Kick-Off Team Huddle

Connect with your IMG+ Coach and course teammates LIVE on Zoom!

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Focus Fundamentals

Define focus, what it looks like in your sport, and how you can control it.

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Lesson 1: Defining Focus

Take a deep dive into focus and explore all the different facets that make up your focus.

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Locker Room Chat: Defining Focus

Discuss a case study with your course teammates: what should Kim have focused on in the moment?

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Lesson 2: Reflect on Your Focus

Understand how you focus in your sport, and identify the areas of your focus that you can improve.

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Locker Room Chat: Your Focus Reflections

Discuss with your course teammates: when do you feel focused vs when do you struggle to focus in your sport?

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Live Team Huddle

Meet with your IMG+ coach and course teammates on Zoom.
Share what you've learned this week and talk about how to put it into action.

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Mass Distraction

Uncover the distractions in your sport and become aware of the moments when your focus is misdirected.

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Lesson 1: Focus Thieves

Learn about attentional cues and how focusing on irrelevant cues can lead to distraction.

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Locker Room Chat: Gemma's Focus Thieves

Discuss a case study with your course teammates: what do you think Gemma's distractions will be and why?

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Lesson 2: Personal Focus Thieves

Learn how to differentiate between potential distractions in your sport, and the distractions that actually affect you every day.

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Locker Room Chat: Your Focus Thieves

Discuss with your course teammates: what were some of the distractions you identified for yourself this week?

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Live Team Huddle

Meet with your IMG+ coach and course teammates on Zoom.
Share what you've learned this week and talk about how to put it into action.

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When Focus Fades

Learn what you can do to refocus your attention as soon as you get distracted.

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Lesson 1: Refocusing Strategies

Learn what focus cues are and what makes a great verbal, visual and physical focus cue.

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Locker Room Chat: Misdirected Focus

Discuss with your course teammates: how does misdirected focus show up in your competition? Have you seen any professional athletes use focus cues to direct their focus?

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Lesson 2: Creating Cues

Create your own verbal, visual and physical focus cues that you can use to redirect your focus if and when you become distracted.

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Locker Room Chat: Your Focus Cues

Discuss with your course teammates: which focus cues did you find the most helpful for your performance this week? Which didn't work for you?

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Live Team Huddle

Meet with your IMG+ coach and course teammates on Zoom.
Share what you've learned this week and talk about how to put it into action.

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Focus on Mindfulness

Discover what mindfulness is, why it's important, and how to practice the most effective mindfulness exercises.

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Locker Room Chat: What's Mindfulness?

Before diving into the first mindfulness lesson, discuss with your course teammates: what do you already know about mindfulness?

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Lesson 1: Demystifying Mindfulness

Learn about what mindfulness is and how practicing mindfulness can benefit your focus.

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Lesson 2: Mindful Moments

Practice four different mindfulness exercises that you can use to improve your focus on and off the field.

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Locker Room Chat: Mindful Moments

Discuss with your course teammates: when did you have a hard time staying in the moment this week?

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Live Team Huddle

Meet with your IMG+ coach and course teammates on Zoom.
Share what you've learned this week and talk about how to put it into action.

LIVE COHORT ONLY

Start your journey toward becoming a more focused and mindful athlete.

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THE EXPERTS
Meet Your IMG Academy+ Mental Performance Coach
Dr. Greg Young

Head of Mental Performance Coaching at IMG Academy+

Upon completing his Ph.D. in Sports Psychology and Motor Behavior, Greg served as an Instructor in the Department of Kinesiology at Western Washington University (WA), Senior Lecturer in Sport Coaching & Sport Development at Liverpool John Moores University (UK), and as Assistant Professor of Kinesiology at James Madison University, while providing mental performance training services to Collegiate athletes.

Greg originally joined IMG Academy in 2019 as Assistant Head of Mental Conditioning, working with boys' soccer, girls' tennis, and golf programs before becoming Manager for IMG Academy+ Coaching and Development.

Greg is a keen golfer and soccer player and lives in Bradenton, FL, with his dog, Millie.

Coach Emily Wright

Emily received her Ph.D. in Sports Psychology with a concentration in youth sports parenting from Michigan State University. At MSU, Emily provided mental performance training services to the DI women’s tennis team and youth hockey teams in the surrounding area. Currently, Emily is an Assistant Professor at Miami University (Ohio), where she teaches and mentors students in Sport Psychology.

Emily joined the IMG Academy+ team in October 2021 as a mental performance coach and is currently working with various athletes from various sports (tennis, golf, soccer, hockey, swimming, and basketball).

Outside of work, Emily enjoys watching hockey, exercising, and spending time with her husband, Zack, in Oxford, Ohio.

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THE PROOF
Why Student Athletes Love This Course

I love how much I have learned about bettering myself. These are things I never even considered before, but it makes so much sense and I always feel mentally refreshed afterwards.

Nick
Age 16
Baseball

I love how interactive it is with the team huddles and breakout rooms. I like how we have tangible things to take with us onto the field.

Julie
Age 17
Track & Field

I would like to thank you for having this course as an option. It is fantastic and I have felt the difference already in my performances!

Myles
Age 18
Basketball
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